vCard QR Code Generator
One scan adds your name, phone, email, and company straight to someone's contacts, perfect for business cards, badges, and email signatures. Go dynamic to host your details behind a short link, so you can update your phone, email, or job title anytime without reprinting the code.
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Tell Reticle AI what your code should do. It drafts the dynamic link, smart routing, link page, and password setup for you to review and apply.
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Everything a printed code should be able to do
Once a code is on a menu, a box, or a billboard, reprinting is the expensive part. Dynamic links move the decisions into your account instead.
Per-scan analytics
ProEvery scan recorded with approximate city, device, OS, and time, exportable to CSV. Free plans keep aggregate counts by day, device, and country.
Repoint any time
FreeChange where a printed code goes in seconds. 3 links free with unlimited scans; unlimited links on Pro.
Your domain on the code
ProScanners see your name, not ours, with custom endings you choose instead of a random slug.
A file behind the code
ProHost a PDF or image at the code itself and swap the file without reprinting. Menus, spec sheets, price lists.
replaced, same code
Smart routing
ProOne code, many destinations: route each scan by country, language, device platform, or time of day.
Link pages
ProA hosted page of up to 12 link buttons behind one code, editable any time. One QR for everything you do.
Made in your browser
Static codes are generated entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a dynamic link or host a file, and we say exactly what those store.
No scan-count paywall
Free dynamic links have unlimited scans and no expiry. A code you printed keeps working; we do not hold it hostage.
Data you can erase
Free plans keep aggregate counts only. Pro per-scan records are kept about 90 days, and you can export or delete them at any time.
Create your QR code
One place to create, design, and download: the Studio. Dynamic codes you can change after printing, plus free static codes for URLs, Wi-Fi, vCards, text, email, SMS, phone, events, locations, and crypto.
Start free. Go Pro to know who scanned.
- Unlimited static codes, full styling, every export
- 3 dynamic links with unlimited scans
- Aggregate scan stats and email digests
- 100 saved codes, synced to your account
- Your own domain on printed codes, with custom endings
- Unlimited dynamic links and bulk CSV import
- Per-scan analytics, exportable to CSV
- File codes, smart routing, link pages, passwords, scheduling
What a vCard QR code is
A vCard QR code embeds a complete digital business card in the image itself. When someone scans it with their phone camera, they get a preview of the contact (name, phone, email, company) and a one-tap prompt to save it. Nothing to type, nothing to install, and it works with no internet connection because the details travel inside the code. That makes it a natural fit for business cards, conference badges, booth signage, office door plates, and email signatures.
The payload is a standard vCard 3.0 record (the same format phones exchange contacts in) starting with BEGIN:VCARD and carrying lines like FN (name), ORG, TITLE, TEL, EMAIL, URL, and ADR. Reticle's fields map one-to-one: first and last name, organization, title, phone, email, website, and address, with special characters escaped correctly for you.
Keep it lean: density matters
Contact codes are among the densest QR types: every field you fill adds bytes, and every byte shrinks the individual modules at a given print size. A full vCard with address and website can push a small business-card code past the point where cheap phone cameras scan it reliably. Watch the scanability tag in the Studio, if it reads "Dense", drop optional fields (address and website are the usual suspects) or print larger. Name, phone, and email make a comfortably scannable code at business-card size.
Printing tips
For business cards, raise error correction to Q or H in the Studio and leave a generous quiet zone of empty space around the code. High contrast beats style: dark modules on a light background scan best. If you add a company logo in the middle, Reticle bumps error correction to the maximum automatically, but always test-scan the actual printed card, not just the screen preview, before ordering five hundred of them.
Static by design
Because the contact details live inside the image, a vCard QR code needs no server and can't break, but it also can't be edited after printing. If your phone number or title changes often, consider encoding a URL to a contact page you control instead, and keep the printed code stable while the page changes behind it.
Frequently asked questions
Does scanning add the contact directly on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Both iOS and Android cameras recognize vCard QR codes and show a preview of the contact with an add-to-contacts prompt, no app required. The person still confirms before anything is saved.
Should I use a vCard QR code or just link to a contact page?
A vCard works offline and adds the contact instantly, but it's fixed once printed. A URL QR code pointing at a contact page stays editable and scans more easily (it's far less dense), but needs an internet connection. For business cards handed out at events, vCard is the classic choice.
Why is my vCard QR code so dense or hard to scan?
Contact codes are among the densest QR types: every extra field adds bytes, and more bytes mean smaller modules. Watch the scanability tag in the Studio, drop optional fields like address or website for small prints, and test-scan the final printed size.
Can I update my details after printing?
No, the contact details are encoded in the image itself, so a printed vCard code is permanent. If your details change often, encode a URL to a contact page you control instead, and update the page rather than the code.
Is my contact information uploaded or stored anywhere?
No. Reticle generates the code entirely in your browser; your details are never uploaded. They're only stored if you explicitly sign in and save the code to your account.
Can I put my company logo in the middle?
Yes, upload a logo in the Studio and Reticle automatically raises error correction to the highest level to compensate. Because vCard codes are already dense, keep the rest of the content lean and test-scan the printed result.